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minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•29 days agoWrong, a Calorie is 1000 calories. Virtually nobody uses calories though so don’t worry about it too much.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•29 days agoEuropean nutritional labels use them (kcal). Where do you live that they don’t?
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•29 days agoExactly. They use a unit representing 1000 calories. They don’t use calories. In the US we use “Calories” which are 1000 calories. Lowercase c calories are just too small of a unit to be useful and virtually nobody uses them.
Wrong, a Calorie is 1000 calories. Virtually nobody uses calories though so don’t worry about it too much.
European nutritional labels use them (kcal). Where do you live that they don’t?
Exactly. They use a unit representing 1000 calories. They don’t use calories. In the US we use “Calories” which are 1000 calories. Lowercase c calories are just too small of a unit to be useful and virtually nobody uses them.